Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Isabel RUTHVEN
  2. Jean RUTHVEN Death: Sep 1591
  3. William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie Birth: Abt 1543 Death: 4 May 1584 in Stirling

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  7. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  9. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].
  10. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP I p[0-9]*].
  11. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].
  12. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VI p[0-9]*].
  13. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1520 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669]
first son [Ref: SP IV p259],
parents:
[Ref: CP IV p385, CP XI p247, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669, SP IV p259, SP IV p337]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VIII p684, CP XI p249, CP XII/1 p549],
place:
[Ref: CP XI p249, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet DOUGLAS
date:
first marriage of Patrick [Ref: CP XI p248],
child:
[Ref: CP III p381, CP VI p40, CP XI p196]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet STEWART
date:
1557 [Ref: SP I p443, SP IV p261]
abt 1557 [Ref: SP VIII p339]
contract 9 Apr 1557 [Ref: CP VIII p683, CP XI p248, CP XII/1 p549, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669, SP VI p167]
fourth marriage of Janet [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p44]
Research Notes:
3rd Lord Ruthven, of Barony cr 1488 [Ref: CP XI p247]
3rd Lord Ruthven [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669]
1st Lord Ruthven [Ref: CP III p381]
Lord Ruthven [Ref: SP I p443]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p247, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669]

3rd Lord Ruthven [Ref: CP VIII p647]



Pedigree of Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
                                                                /-----Willian RUTHVEN
                                                       /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
                                                      |         \-----Johanna
                                              /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
                                     /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
                            /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
                   /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
                  |        |                                    /-----John De CRANSTON
                  |        |                           /-----Thomas De CRANSTON
                  |        |                  /-----William De CRANSTON
                  |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
                  |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
          /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
         |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
 /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|                                                               /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                                                      /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
|                                             /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John CAMERON
|                                            |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
|                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                  /-----James DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|                          |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                          |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Maurice MORAY, Earl Of Strathern
|                          |                           \-----Joan MORAY
|                          |                                    \-----Joan De MONTEITH
|                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                 |                 |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                 |                           \-----Beatrice
|         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |         \-----Mariot
 \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
         |         /-----James DOUGLAS
          \-----Margaret DOUGLAS



Descendants of Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
1. Patrick RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Janet STEWART
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Janet STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Janet CAMPBELL

2nd generation

2. Isabel RUTHVEN m. James COLVILL, Lord Colvill
m. James COLVILL, Lord Colvill father: Sir James COLVILL mother: Janet DOUGLAS
3. Jean RUTHVEN m. Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
m. Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes father: George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Agnes SOMERVILLE
4. William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie m. Dorothy STEWART
m. Dorothy STEWART father: Henry STEWART, Lord Methven mother: Janet STEWART

3rd generation

5. Jean COLVILL m. James CAMPBELL
m. James CAMPBELL
7. Margaret RUTHVEN m. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose
m. John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose father: John GRAHAM, Earl Of Montrose mother: Jean DRUMMOND
8. Mary RUTHVEN m1. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m2. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl m3. James STEWART
m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Margaret FLEMING
m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: James STEWART, Lord Innermeath mother: Helen OGILVY
m. James STEWART father: James STEWART, Master of Buchan
10. Jean RUTHVEN m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie father: James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie mother: Jean FORBES
11. Isabel RUTHVEN m. Sir Robert GORDON
m. Sir Robert GORDON

4th generation

12. Sir John CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun m. Margaret CAMPBELL
m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: George CAMPBELL mother: Jean FLEMING
13. Lilias GRAHAM m. Sir John COLQUHOUN
m. Sir John COLQUHOUN father: Alexander COLQUHOUN mother: Helen BUCHANAN
14. James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose m. Magdalen CARNEGIE
m. Magdalen CARNEGIE father: Sir David CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk mother: Margaret LINDSAY
15. Beatrice GRAHAM m. David DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty
m. David DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty father: John DRUMMOND, Lord Maderty mother: Margaret LESLIE
16. Dorothy STEWART m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine
m. William MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine father: John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine mother: Catherine DRUMMOND
18. Elizabeth OGILVY m. George GORDON
m. George GORDON father: George GORDON mother: Isobel WOOD
19. James OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m. Isabel HAMILTON
m. Isabel HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK
20. Elizabeth GORDON m. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale
m. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale father: John MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Elizabeth MAXWELL

5th generation

21. James CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun m. Margaret MONTGOMERY
m. Margaret MONTGOMERY father: Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Mary LESLIE
22. Lilias COLQUHOUN m. John NAPIER
m. John NAPIER father: Robert NAPIER
23. Sir John COLQUHOUN m. Margaret BAILLIE
m. Margaret BAILLIE father: Sir Gideon BAILLIE mother: Magdalene CARNEGIE
24. James GRAHAM, Marquess Of Montrose m. Isabel DOUGLAS
m. Isabel DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Anne KEITH
25. Beatrix DRUMMOND m. John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford
m. John CARMICHAEL, Earl of Hyndford father: William CARMICHAEL mother: Grizel DOUGLAS
26. John MURRAY, Earl of Atholl m. Jean CAMPBELL
m. Jean CAMPBELL father: Sir Duncan CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth SINCLAIR
27. Mary MURRAY m. Sir John MONCREIFF
m. Sir John MONCREIFF father: William MONCREIFF mother: Anne MURRAY
29. George GORDON m1. (Unk) KEITH m2. Lucretia IRVINE
m. (Unk) KEITH father: Sir William KEITH
m. Lucretia IRVINE father: Robert IRVINE mother: Elizabeth CAMPBELL
30. Margaret OGILVY m. Patrick URQUHART
m. Patrick URQUHART
31. James OGILVY, Earl Of Airlie m1. Helen OGILVY m2. Mary GRANT
m. Helen OGILVY father: George OGILVY, Lord Banff mother: Margaret IRVINE
m. Mary GRANT father: Sir John GRANT mother: Mary OGILVY
32. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON